one and the same
idiom
: one person or thing and not two
The restaurant's owner and chef are one and the same (person).
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Carpet moths and clothes moths are actually one and the same.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
The two showers are essentially one and the same; Earth intersects a single, broad stream of meteoroids at two places in its orbit on opposite sides of the sun.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Jauan Jennings and the 49ers are one and the same — injured and fighting the odds even with a 4-2 record after a 30-19 road loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Next week sees another one of those rare-ish SNL occasions when the host and the musical guest are one and the same — in this case Sabrina Carpenter.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
The two showers are essentially one and the same; Earth intersects a single, broad stream of meteoroids at two places in its orbit on opposite sides of the sun.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Jauan Jennings and the 49ers are one and the same — injured and fighting the odds even with a 4-2 record after a 30-19 road loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Next week sees another one of those rare-ish SNL occasions when the host and the musical guest are one and the same — in this case Sabrina Carpenter.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
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“One and the same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20and%20the%20same. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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